Washington. 1848. 132pp. plus twenty-four lithographed plates. Lacks the folding map. Later pebbled cloth, printed paper label. Scattered foxing. Three plates with small chips at edges, not affecting image. Good. One of the great southwestern government-sponsored explorations, here in its earliest form, according to Wagner-Camp. The lithographed plates, attributed to... More

Austin: The Encino Press, 1968. ix,56pp. Original pictorial boards. Fine. Edited and with an introduction by Wilson M. Hudson. From an edition limited to 750 copies. Signed by the editor on front fly leaf. The first publication of this early work, predating Adams' first book.More

Westminster: Constable, 1905. 371pp. Frontis. Gilt pictorial cloth. Spine darkened. Very good. First edition, British issue, comprised of American sheets in a British binding. An uncommon variant of an early title.More

Boston. 1904. 355pp. plus illus. Frontis. Original pictorial cloth. Some wear to extremities, foredge of some leaves rather ragged due to careless opening, else very good. Fictional reminiscences of a cowman in Texas and the Southwest.More

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1930. [6] preliminary pages followed by [14]pp. of text and twelve original mounted photographs, printed on Dessonville paper by Ansel Adams, various sizes to 9 x 6 1/2 inches, each with a corresponding caption leaf. Large folio. Publisher's half tan morocco and cloth, spine with raised... More

Washington. 1826. 26pp. Dbd. Very good. A basic source for early American claims regarding the disputed boundaries between the U.S. and Great Britain in the Oregon territory. Scarce, with only a dozen copies in OCLC.More

[Boston: Published at the Emancipator Office, 1842]. 35,[1]pp. Dbd. Old ownership signature on titlepage. Else very good. Adams' speech on the situation with Mexico, the question of annexing Texas, and on the potential escalation of conflict to include the United States and England on opposing sides. Also prints speeches by... More

Phoenix. 1930. Four volumes. Illus. Tall octavo. Original fabrikoid, spines gilt. Slight edge wear. Overall a very good set. An extensive historical and biographical work on Arizona. The first two volumes are devoted to the history of the state, and the other two contain biographies of notable Arizonians. Includes sections... More

[Philadelphia: Published by the author, 1835-36]. Lithograph, colored by hand, printed by Lehman & Duval of Philadelphia. Sheet size: 17 15/16 x 11 1/4 inches. Very good. A striking image from Lewis' ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO. The ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO represents the first attempt to publish a collection of portraits of North American... More

[Philadelphia: Published by the author, 1835-36]. Lithograph, colored by hand, printed by Lehman & Duval of Philadelphia. Sheet size: 18 x 11 1/4 inches. A striking image from Lewis' ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO. The ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO represents the first attempt to publish a collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding the... More

[Philadelphia: Published by the author, 1835-36]. Lithograph, colored by hand, printed by Lehman & Duval of Philadelphia. Sheet size: 17 11/16 x 11 inches. A striking image from Lewis' ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO. The ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO represents the first attempt to publish a collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding the... More

Juneau. March 14, 1903. 4pp. Folio. Chipped and browned at edges. Two leaves separated at fold. Good. Daily Alaskan newspaper, containing news of William Sulzer's speech in support of the territory, an idyllic word-portrait of prospecting, and numerous advertisements. Sulzer, a Democratic Congressman from New York, argues that Alaska deserves... More

San Antonio, Tx. Goldbeck National Photo & News Service, [ca. 1945]. Panoramic silver gelatin print, 10 x 49 inches. Small marginal tear to right side. Very good. An exceptional bird's-eye view of an American military base in Alaska during World War II. A small sign reads, "Personnel Office Alaska General... More

Washington. 1904. Titlepage plus thirty-seven maps. Folio. Original cloth, gilt title on front cover. Very good. This atlas contains maps detailing the British case in the arbitration with the United States over the Alaskan boundary. Many of the maps are earlier historically important works by Vancouver, Bouchette, Arrowsmith, Langsdorff, etc.... More

San Francisco. 1875. 43pp. Original front wrapper bound into later half morocco. Very good. A propagandistic appeal by the unsuccessful bidders for a fur seal contract, for the repeal of the so-called monopoly of the Alaska Commercial Company. Claims to present only the "facts" and calls on the people and... More

San Francisco. 1890. 63pp. Illus. Tables. Original illustrated wrappers. Minor chipping and a couple of tiny repaired tears to wrappers. Very good. Scarce early promotional from the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, after the first of 1887, discussing topography, industry, agriculture, with diagrams of steamships available for passage, namely deck plans... More

Madison, Wi. 1885. 16pp. 16mo. Original printed wrappers. Very fine. Advice for the emigrant and traveller to Alaska: how to get there and what to expect; plus the Organic Act of the Territory, approved in 1884. Cowles was the commissioner for Alaska at the World's Cotton Exposition in New Orleans... More

Washington: United States Geological Survey, 1898. [2],44pp. plus folding colored map. Original printed wrappers, detached. Map with four neat closed tears. Text bright and clean. Very good. Report issued by the United States Geological Survey for the use of prospectors and miners, including descriptions of routes to the Klondike and... More